diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0fae28171..26c306dea 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4
 	github.com/xdg/scram v1.0.5
 	github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.5.4
-	go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.11.6
+	go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.12.1
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.0.0-rcv0013
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc v0.39.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v0.39.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f0d9f381f..34f294576 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1455,7 +1455,6 @@ github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.14.4 h1:uo0p8EbA09J7RQaflQ1aBRffTR7xedD2bcIVSYxLnkM=
 github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.14.4/go.mod h1:/wbyibRr2FHMks5tjHJ5F8dMZh3AcwJEMf5vlfC0lxk=
 github.com/tidwall/match v1.1.1 h1:+Ho715JplO36QYgwN9PGYNhgZvoUSc9X2c80KVTi+GA=
 github.com/tidwall/match v1.1.1/go.mod h1:eRSPERbgtNPcGhD8UCthc6PmLEQXEWd3PRB5JTxsfmM=
-github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XNkn88O1ChpSDQmQeStsy+sBenx6DDtFZJxhVysOjyk=
 github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.0 h1:RWIZEg2iJ8/g6fDDYzMpobmaoGh5OLl4AXtGUGPcqCs=
 github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.0/go.mod h1:ITEVvHYasfjBbM0u2Pg8T2nJnzm8xPwvNhhsoaGGjNU=
 github.com/tinylib/msgp v1.1.8 h1:FCXC1xanKO4I8plpHGH2P7koL/RzZs12l/+r7vakfm0=
@@ -1507,10 +1506,8 @@ github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 h1:qLwI1I70+NjRFUR3zs1JPUCgaCXSh3SW62uAKT1mSBM=
 github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4/go.mod h1:14CWIYCyZA/cWjXOioeEpHeN/83MdbZDRQHoFcYsOfg=
 github.com/xdg-go/pbkdf2 v1.0.0 h1:Su7DPu48wXMwC3bs7MCNG+z4FhcyEuz5dlvchbq0B0c=
 github.com/xdg-go/pbkdf2 v1.0.0/go.mod h1:jrpuAogTd400dnrH08LKmI/xc1MbPOebTwRqcT5RDeI=
-github.com/xdg-go/scram v1.1.1/go.mod h1:RaEWvsqvNKKvBPvcKeFjrG2cJqOkHTiyTpzz23ni57g=
 github.com/xdg-go/scram v1.1.2 h1:FHX5I5B4i4hKRVRBCFRxq1iQRej7WO3hhBuJf+UUySY=
 github.com/xdg-go/scram v1.1.2/go.mod h1:RT/sEzTbU5y00aCK8UOx6R7YryM0iF1N2MOmC3kKLN4=
-github.com/xdg-go/stringprep v1.0.3/go.mod h1:W3f5j4i+9rC0kuIEJL0ky1VpHXQU3ocBgklLGvcBnW8=
 github.com/xdg-go/stringprep v1.0.4 h1:XLI/Ng3O1Atzq0oBs3TWm+5ZVgkq2aqdlvP9JtoZ6c8=
 github.com/xdg-go/stringprep v1.0.4/go.mod h1:mPGuuIYwz7CmR2bT9j4GbQqutWS1zV24gijq1dTyGkM=
 github.com/xdg/scram v1.0.5 h1:TuS0RFmt5Is5qm9Tm2SoD89OPqe4IRiFtyFY4iwWXsw=
@@ -1549,8 +1546,8 @@ github.com/zenazn/goji v0.9.0/go.mod h1:7S9M489iMyHBNxwZnk9/EHS098H4/F6TATF2mIxt
 go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.2/go.mod h1:IbVyRI1SCnLcuJnV2u8VeU0CEYM7e686BmAb1XKL+uU=
 go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3 v3.5.4 h1:OHVyt3TopwtUQ2GKdd5wu3PmmipR4FTwCqoEjSyRdIc=
 go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3 v3.5.4/go.mod h1:5GB2vv4A4AOn3yk7MftYGHkUfGtDHnEraIjym4dYz5A=
-go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.11.6 h1:XM7G6PjiGAO5betLF13BIa5TlLUUE3uJ/2Ox3Lz1K+o=
-go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.11.6/go.mod h1:G9TgswdsWjX4tmDA5zfs2+6AEPpYJwqblyjsfuh8oXY=
+go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.12.1 h1:nLkghSU8fQNaK7oUmDhQFsnrtcoNy7Z6LVFKsEecqgE=
+go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.12.1/go.mod h1:/rGBTebI3XYboVmgz+Wv3Bcbl3aD0QF9zl6kDDw18rQ=
 go.opencensus.io v0.21.0/go.mod h1:mSImk1erAIZhrmZN+AvHh14ztQfjbGwt4TtuofqLduU=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.0/go.mod h1:+kGneAE2xo2IficOXnaByMWTGM9T73dGwxeWcUqIpI8=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.2/go.mod h1:yxeiOL68Rb0Xd1ddK5vPZ/oVn4vY4Ynel7k9FzqtOIw=
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/mongodb/mongodb_server.go b/plugins/inputs/mongodb/mongodb_server.go
index f8c0dc4d5..e26c73fc2 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/mongodb/mongodb_server.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/mongodb/mongodb_server.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/bson/primitive"
 	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo"
 	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo/options"
-	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/x/bsonx"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 )
@@ -94,31 +93,31 @@ func (s *Server) gatherReplSetStatus() (*ReplSetStatus, error) {
 }
 
 func (s *Server) gatherTopStatData() (*TopStats, error) {
-	dest := &bsonx.Doc{}
+	var dest map[string]interface{}
 	err := s.runCommand("admin", bson.D{
 		{
 			Key:   "top",
 			Value: 1,
 		},
-	}, dest)
+	}, &dest)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed running admin cmd: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	// From: https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-tools/blob/master/mongotop/mongotop.go#L49-L70
-	// Remove 'note' field that prevents easy decoding, then round-trip
-	// again to simplify unpacking into the nested data structure
-	totals, err := dest.LookupErr("totals")
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+	totals, ok := dest["totals"].(map[string]interface{})
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("collection totals not found or not a map")
 	}
-	recoded, err := totals.Document().Delete("note").MarshalBSON()
+	delete(totals, "note")
+
+	recorded, err := bson.Marshal(totals)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to marshal totals")
 	}
+
 	topInfo := make(map[string]TopStatCollection)
-	if err := bson.Unmarshal(recoded, &topInfo); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+	if err := bson.Unmarshal(recorded, &topInfo); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed unmarshalling records: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	return &TopStats{Totals: topInfo}, nil